too busy

TOO BUSY? It’s that time of year again.... the busyness is taking over.... if you are a true sandwich generation member, you are now facing adding some “ever-so-worthy” end of the year activities to an already full schedule. Now taking your parent to the doctor and bringing them a meal is sandwiched between the end of the year musical and end of the year soccer party. And don’t forget the end of the wedding shower for the favorite teacher who has just been engaged and the well meaning friend organizing the end of the year pool party for the whole class. How do we balance the have-to’s from the rest? Matthew 11 says 28"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.".... So what can we learn? Weary--those tired from hard toil; Burdened--those loaded down.... Are these you? A yoke is a device for joining together a pair of animals, esp. oxen; so when we take HIS yoke, we can first learn from him, and second of all, find rest.....Yoke’s are designed to take the burden of ONE and shift it to TWO. When we bring our cares to Jesus, he doesn’t just listen, he lightens the load. As much as you don’t think you have extra time to spend with HIM in this busy spring season, it actually may be JUST the thing you need to make your load lighter. It may not be in the form of removing physical items from your TO DO list (but it may!) but may be in the form of helping you make good choices of your time and being more calm, loving and patient. Your parent is in a season that they probably don’t understand your busyness so we can learn from them and try to slow down, prioritizing what must stay and what can go. But equally important, when we have have spent time with God, we can love others well. Don’t make the mistake of taking time with HIM off your list, thinking it will clear your plate of one thing. That’s the VERY THING that will keep you able to persevere and able to finish well.